Chapter 553 Serial Assassinations
Chapter 553 Serial Assassinations
At noon, Li Min's family of three came out of Qingfeng Restaurant. In the past few days, two cooks in their house resigned at the same time. One of them had her father passed away in her hometown and she had to go back to attend the funeral, and the other simply left without saying goodbye.
It was difficult to find a suitable cook at the moment, so Li Min's family had to eat out these days.
Qingfeng Restaurant is located in the neighborhood where Li Min lives. It is of good quality and is about one mile away from Li Min's mansion.
Today is a holiday and the weather is good. The sunshine at noon is particularly warm. After the family finished their meal, they did not take a carriage but walked slowly back to the mansion, followed by several warrior guards.
Six-year-old son Li Hua ran around in front of his parents, extremely happy.
At this time, Yuwen Eying found a piece of cheese stuck on her husband's shoe, which was very eye-catching, so she laughed and said, "It must be that piece of cheese on the couple's shoes!"
Li Min also saw it and laughed, "I was wondering where the cheese went. It turned out to have fallen on my shoe."
"Let me wipe it off for my husband!"
"No, I'll do it myself."
Li Min took out his handkerchief and squatted down to wipe his shoes. At this moment, a poisoned wolf tooth arrow came from the opposite side and hit Li Min's head.
Coincidentally, Li Min's son ran over to see what his father was wiping and blocked the arrow for his father. The arrow hit Li Hua in the back. Li Hua screamed and fell to the ground.
Li Min was horrified and rushed forward to hug her son, "Hua'er! Hua'er!"
Several warriors also reacted, drew their swords and rushed forward.
"Daddy!" Li Hua called out softly, then he tilted his head and passed away.
Li Min was so heartbroken that she hugged her son and knelt down, crying loudly.
Yuwen Eying also screamed, "My son!"
She also fainted and fell to the ground.
The assassin was named Miao Sheng, a warrior in his thirties who was extremely skilled in archery. He was one of Yuwen Shu's new Thirteen Guardians, ranking seventh.
He was lying in ambush on the roof opposite. He had been following Li Min for half a month and had been waiting for an opportunity. This time, Yuwen Zhiji sent away the two cooks in Li Min's house, creating an opportunity for Miao Sheng.
Miao Sheng only had one chance, and he was extremely cautious. He knew that Li Min was quite skilled in martial arts, so he could only wait for him to lower his head, or shoot him from behind. However, there were warriors following him, so it was not easy to attack him either.
Just as Li Min bent down to wipe the stains off his shoes, a rare opportunity came. Miao Sheng decisively shot an arrow. Unexpectedly, Li Min's son happened to run over and blocked the fatal arrow for his father.
Seeing that he had no chance, Miao Sheng hurriedly jumped off the house and ran all the way north. Someone had already prepared a ladder for him, which allowed him to climb over the wall and disappear at the end of the street.
Regardless of whether he hit the target or not, he had to report to Yuwen Zhiji.
At this time, Yuwen Zhiji was waiting for news in the Huanhua Restaurant in Fushanfang, which was the restaurant of the Yuwen family. Yuwen Zhiji was in an elegant room by the window on the second floor, drinking with two prostitutes.
At this time, a subordinate said at the door: "Third Young Master, Miao Sheng is back!"
Yuwen Zhiji was excited. This was related to his 100,000 strings of money. He hurriedly said, "Hurry up and ask him to come in!"
He waved his hand and the two prostitutes quickly got up and left.
Miao Sheng walked quickly into the room, knelt on one knee and said, "I am incompetent!"
Yuwen Zhiji's eyes widened, "Your assassination failed?"
"No, my assassination should not have failed, but Li Min's son suddenly came and blocked an arrow for his father, so I apologize to Your Highness!"
Yuwen Zhiji didn't say anything. Miao Sheng was nervous and said quickly, "I will seize the opportunity and guarantee success next time!" Yuwen Zhiji still didn't say anything. Miao Sheng felt strange and looked up quietly. His eyes widened suddenly, and he saw the young master sitting there motionless, with a knife tip sticking out of his forehead and a trickle of blood flowing down his forehead.
Miao Sheng shouted, "There's an assassin! The young master has been assassinated!"
More than a dozen warriors rushed in from outside. At this time, Yuwen Zhiji fell to the ground with a sharp dagger stuck in the back of his head. There was an open window behind him, and the flying knife came from the window.
Everyone rushed to the window and searched around, but could not find any trace of the assassin. The leading warrior turned around and slapped Miao Sheng to the ground, angrily shouting, "You are the only one in the room, what's going on?"
Miao Sheng said with a sad face: "I was reporting. I didn't dare to look up. I looked up when I found something was wrong. I didn't find the assassin either."
"asshole!"
The leading warrior knocked him down with one punch. After discussing it, everyone thought that it might be related to the assassination of Li Min. In any case, they had to report it to their lord!
Everyone carried Yuwen Zhiji's body and rushed back to Yuwen Mansion in a carriage.
Today is a holiday, and Yuwen Shu is also in the mansion. He is reviewing the Ministry of War's plan to encircle and suppress the bandits. Yuwen Shu is also a little overwhelmed. The three major bandit gathering places, Wagangzhai, Gaojipo and Douzigang, all have one thing in common: they cover a vast area with complex terrain, and are desolate and uninhabited. Several encirclement and suppression operations have failed because the terrain was too complicated and they were ambushed by the bandits.
Yuwen Shu sighed. The Ministry of War's plan was still the same: send a large number of troops to encircle and suppress the rebellion. Food and logistics were simply mentioned briefly, and it was believed that there was no need to prepare too many logistical supplies.
This is because they look down on the rebels in their bones, or they underestimate the enemy!
At this moment, a warrior rushed to the hall and reported in a hurry: "My Lord, something has happened to the Third Young Master!"
Yuwen Shu's eyes widened. "What happened?"
"The third young master was assassinated and has unfortunately died."
"what!"
Yuwen Shu was struck by lightning and rushed towards the gate like a madman, followed by a large group of guards.
Rushing to the gate of the mansion, a carriage arrived and the warriors carried out the body. Yuwen Shu shouted, "My son!"
He opened his arms and rushed forward, and at this moment, a short crossbow shot out like lightning. Yuwen Shu was immersed in great grief, his expression was agitated, and he was unaware of anything in the outside world.
"puff!"
An arrow hit him right in the throat. Yuwen Shu screamed and fell backwards.
Everyone present was stunned. Suddenly someone reacted, shouted, and rushed towards the two passers-by. Suddenly, a cold light flashed, and more than a dozen warriors who rushed over were pierced through the throat by a sword and died.
While everyone was stunned, a carriage came speeding over, and two passers-by jumped onto the carriage. The carriage sped away, and the warriors shouted and chased after them, but seven or eight of them were shot and killed by crossbow arrows in succession. The warriors behind did not dare to chase after them and were all shouting.
Yuwen Shu also breathed his last. This great hero killed countless people and eventually died at the hands of an assassin.
The carriage sped all the way and drove out of Luoyang City. The two people in the carriage were Zhang Jue and Xiong Kuohai.
They planned for more than a month, and finally used Yuwen Zhiji's death to lure out Yuwen Shu's true identity and assassinated him in one fell swoop. The short crossbow arrows were poisoned and anyone hit by them would die, let alone a shot through the throat.
Both of them had an urge to roar to the sky, especially Zhang Jue. He finally got his revenge, and the pain that had been suppressed in his heart for twenty years was released. He was filled with mixed feelings of sadness and joy, and for a moment he covered his face and burst into tears.
At this time they met up with Xu Shiji and Hou Junji. The person who assassinated Yuwen Zhiji in the restaurant was Hou Junji. He had extremely high skills in lightness skills. After assassinating Yuwen Zhiji, he jumped onto the roof and escaped from the roof.
When Xu Shiji heard that the assassination was successful, he was overjoyed. The four of them changed horses, urged their horses to gallop away, walked across Heyang Bridge to Henei County, and finally crossed the Yellow River from Liyang County and returned to Wagangzhai.
(End of this chapter)